Panelists: Brent Poliquin Jack Hornor Darren Balentine Richard Snyder John Postava MODERATOR: BILL KENNEDY

WHAT WAS IT?????? SNOWICANE SANDY? SNOR’EASTERNCANE SANDY? FRANKENSTORM SANDY? HURRICANE? POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY? METEORLOGICAL EVENT SANDY? SUPER STORM SANDY?

SETTLED ON: SUPER STORM SANDY HURRICANE SANDY METEORLOGICAL EVENT SANDY (FED GOV’T)

Question Being Asked Pre-landfall

New Jersey Coast

Seaside Heights, NJ Casino Pier – Roller Coaster

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ CASINO PIER

Ortley Beach, NJ

Seaside Heights, NJ Seaside Heights made famous on MTV's 'Jersey Shore' is deemed uninhabitable after Sandy Credit: Getty Images

Mantoloking, NJ

Bay Head, NJ

Hoboken, NJ

Staten Island, NY

Manhattan/Long Island/Fire Island, NY

Manhattan, NY

Fire Island, NY

Breezy Point, Queens, NY

Interesting Fact #1 Sandy's strength and angle of approach combined to produce a record storm surge of water into New York City. The surge level at Battery Park topped feet at 9:24 p.m. Monday, surpassing the feet record water level set by Hurricane Donna in 1960.

Interesting Fact #2 More than 12,000 flights were canceled due to the hurricane and the three main airports which serve New York City were shut down for two days.

Interesting Fact #3 Barometric Pressure – inches – a near record for any storm that made landfall North of Cape Hatteras (*)(**) (*)NOTE: 1977 Hurricane Gladys holds record of in. BUT did not make landfall. (**)NOTE: 1954 Hurricane Hazel holds record at in. BUT made landfall South of Cape Hatteras

Interesting Fact #4 10,000 Number of (frozen) Thanksgiving turkeys saved from a Long Island City, NY warehouse facility (Donated to Sandy Victims)

Interesting Fact #5 124 Total number of years NYSE was closed for 2 consecutive days because of weather (last time was in 1888)

Interesting Fact #6 78,450 Number of comfort kits given out by Red Cross in NY and NJ as of the Tuesday night after Sandy hit

Interesting Fact #7 49 Number of Broadway shows cancelled at estimated loss in ticket sales of $8 Million

Interesting Fact #8 Sandy caused the worst damage in the NY subway's 108-year-history. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced limited subway service would resume on Thursday, but significant sections of the largest mass-transit system in the U.S. remain disabled. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Interesting Fact #9 20,000,000 Approximate number of tweets sent about Sandy between 10/27 and 11/1/2012

Interesting Fact #10 Over 4.8 million customers remained without power two days after the storm in 15 states and the District of Columbia, according to CNN. The worst affected states were New Jersey with 1,983,694 customers out of power; New York with 1,514,147; Pennsylvania with 526,934; and Connecticut with 352,286CNN